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N. G. AUGIBR.

FOLDING BED.

No. 337,730. Patented Mar. 9. 1886.

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FOLDING BED.

No. 337,730. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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XEYVELL G. AUGIER, OF STUART, NEBRASKA.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,730, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed December 15, 1885. Serial No. 185,743. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NEWELL G. AUGIER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stuart, in the county of Holt and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Folding Beds; andIdo hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,refc rence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved folding bed,showing it folded out ready for use. Fig. 2 is a front view of the folded bed. Fig. 3 is a cross-section ofthe open bed. Fig. 4 is asimilar view of the closed bed. Fig. 5 is a View of another form of bed folded out. Fig. 6 is a view of the folded bed, and Figs. 7 and 8 are cross-sections of the folded and unfolded bed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to that class of folding beds in which the bed-frame is shaped in imitation ofa piece of furniture which may be folded out after havingbeen placed upon the door, and between the folding parts of which a flexible bottom is secured; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofthe same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the casing of the bed, which is shaped as a cabinet or book-case, and provided with suitable folding doors in its front, as shown at B. The back of this casing is formed by two folding doors,C O, hinged to the rear edges of the side pieces and folding outward. Two longitudinally-slotted braces, D D, are pivoted at their ends to the upper edges of these folding doors, near the middles of the said edges, and the slots ofthese braces slide upon a bolt, E, projecting downward from the top piece of the casing, and have notches in the ends of the slots, so that the notches may he slipped down upon the bolt and the braces held when the doors are folded wide open.

Flexible strips F are secured to the upper and lower ends of the doors, extending from one door to another, forming the end pieces of the bed, and a flexible bott0m,G, is secured to the middles of the two folding doors,which bottom may be spread when the doors are folded out, serving as a support for the bedclothes.

The bottom is shown as consisting of a number of cords passing through perforations in the doors,the bottom being properly one cord, H,laced between the two doors, passing through the perforations I in the doors, along the middle line of the same. By having the bottom formed by one cord laced through the perforations in the doors the cord may be shortened at one end when it becomes slackened, causing the bottom to sag, the cord running through the perforations, so that if it is shortened at one end the said shortened part may be distributed over the entire cord.

In Figs. 5, 6, 7, and Sis shown a casing consisting of two parts having square bottoms J J,and having each two side pieces, K K. One part is slightly shorter than the other part, so that it may be folded into the other, and the two parts are pivoted at the corners ofthe bot toms or end pieces nearest to the outer edges of the side pieces, forming the bottom of the bed-casing when the bed is folded out.

A longitudinallyslotted brace, L, is pivoted upon the inner side of the end piece, which forms the bottom of the piece of furniture when the bed is converted and raised up, and the said brace slides with its slot upon a bolt, M, upon the end piece of the other part, and has a notch, N, at its end, which may be slipped upon the bolt, holding the brace eX- tended. The bottom is laced in between the side pieces of the partsin the same manner as in the formerly-described form, the said bottom folding in similar to the bottom folding between the doors when the two parts of the bed-casing are folded together, one portion fitting into the other in such a manner that the casing will only occupy one-half of the space which it formerly occupied, and the free edges of the folding parts are secured together by means of a hook and bolt, 0, or by any other suitable fastening or look.

Although I prefer to use the bottom made of the cord laced into the perforations in the swinging doors or side pieces, a flexible bottom of wire-netting or any suitable textile may be used.

It will be seen that when the bed is to be used the article of furniture in imitation of which the casing is made is tilted so as to-rest upon the ground, when the folding parts are folded out and secured by means of the notched and slotted braces, and the bedclothes may be spread upon and supported by the flexible bottom, the bedclothes folding into the casing together with the botton1,the entire cavity within the casingbeing available for the bedclothes, inasmuch as there are no parts folding into the casing.

It follows that any form of an article of furniture may be used-such as a book-case or cabinet, a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, or any other article of furniture having closed sides.

I preferthe form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, as it is the most convenient form to handle, and is the form in which most room is obtained for the bedclothes, and the bed is raised sufficiently above the ground to cause free circu lation of air underneath the bed; but the form shown in the last four figures is the most compaet form of the bed, andis somewhat simpler in construction, although not having the airspace under the flexible bottom, and having less space for the bedclothes than the other form.

' Havingthus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States' 1. The combination of a box provided with feet, substantially as described,upon one side, and the opposite side is provided with a pair of outwardly-folding doors, apair of slotted arms pivotally secured to the ends of each door, theinner ends of said slots being provided with a notch, a pin in each end of the box and projecting through said slots,anda suitable flexible material secured at its edges to the inner sides of said doors, as shown and described.

2. The combination of a box provided with feet, substantially as described, upon one side, and the opposite side of said box is provided with two outwardly-folding doors, and a pair of suitable braces connecting the ends of the doors and the ends of the box, a flexible strip secured at its ends to the opposite upper and lower ends of said doors, and a suitable flexible material secured at its edges to the inner sides of said doors,'as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEWELL G. AUGIER.

\Vitnesses:

R. M. JOHNSON, A. E. RIoE, 

